Oregon Initiatives to Legalize Marijuana in the Works

The proponents of last year’s Measure 80 to legalize cannabis, which was on Oregon’s ballot, announced today that they’re planning a new effort to get measures on the ballot in 2014, if the legislature doesn’t act this session.

CRRH [Campaign for The Restoration & Regulation of Hemp] is working in a coalition with others (to be announced) to implement marijuana legalization through Oregon’s legislature. We are drafting and polling on several Oregon initiative petition proposals for legalization and, if the legislature fails to pass the bill referenced above that we are working on, then we will start petitioning this summer to place both a constitutional and a statutory legalization initiative on the November 2014 Oregon ballot.

Those in the state should be excited about these efforts, as support for legalization is only increasing. The efforts in the legislature are promising, though in all honest their passage are far less than certain, likely making an initiative necessary.

With an improved campaign from last year, and increased momentum in the movement as a whole, legal cannabis in Oregon is a strong possibility by the end of next year.